Prospects for learning design research and LAMS

Learning Design is a descriptive framework for activity structures that can describe many different pedagogical methods. It is similar to music notation, which can describe many styles of music using a common format, but Learning Design needs further research to be an effective format for sharing good teaching ideas among educators. Learning Design may also provide benefits for traditional educational research through more precise descriptions of educational innovations, which could allow for better control of confounding factors, and through rich records of student performance. Effective sharing of research-based Learning Designs has great potential for the future of teaching and learning.